STAND. COM. REP. NO.  277

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1177

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1177 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist farmers and ranchers in applying for and obtaining grants offered by the United States Department of Agriculture and fulfilling the requirements of the grant by appropriating an unspecified sum to establish one full-time grant writer position within the Department of Agriculture.

 

     The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Hawaii Farmers Union United, Three Roads Farm, Counter Culture Food + Ferments, and a number of concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1177 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

 

 

 

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair